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LG CHALLENGE
LG Challenge: Leading the way to embedding AI responsibly
By Michael Barrett | 23 February 2026
The opening challenge of LG Challenge 2026 took two competing local government teams to Lambeth LBC to tackle the realities of scaling AI as part of leadership, culture and delivery strategy. Micha...
LG CHALLENGE
Talent seeks a Challenge
By Jack Sanders | 22 December 2025
Jack Sanders sets the stage for the LG Challenge 2026, spotlighting a competition renowned for pr...
LG CHALLENGE
Shaping future leaders
By Annette Aiken | 31 July 2025
Local government’s brightest and best talent was on show during the last two Local Government Cha...
LG CHALLENGE
Making Stroud future fit
By Grace Perks | 04 June 2025
Grace Perks reports from the latest leg of the LG Challenge, where the teams went head-to-head to...
LG CHALLENGE
LG Challenge: Riding to victory in Robin Hood country
By Michael Barrett | 02 April 2025
The question of how Nottinghamshire CC could improve access to good employment was at the heart o...
LG CHALLENGE
Vision of success in Bucks
By Ben Augustine | 26 February 2025
The first Local Government Challenge of 2025 got off the ground at Buckinghamshire Council when c...
LG CHALLENGE
Competitors warm up for the LG Challenge 2025
By Virginia Ponton | 23 December 2024
Michael Barrett and Virginia Ponton set the scene for the LG Challenge 2025, when 10 participants...
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Building the pillars of wisdom
28 May 2024
It’s the penultimate challenge for the contestants of this year’s Local Government Challenge. The...
CULTURE
LG Challenge: Culture comes to the fore in Calderdale
By William Harley | 01 March 2024
Candidates arrived in the Calder Valley for the latest round of the LG Challenge – using their sk...
CLIMATE CHANGE
A Dynamic win on waste
By Jenson Kemp | 20 February 2024
The Local Government Association’s LG Challenge 2024 kicked off with a focus on recycling, reuse,...
INNOVATION
Winning plan to leverage AI's power
By Heather Jameson | 27 September 2023
Lewis Sheldrake’s AI Labs project offering a framework to bring the power of artificial intellige...
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- Labour Together says 'big bang' package repairs the contract between councils and residents
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- The LGR clock is ticking
- From market town to modern destination: Barnsley's bold rebirth
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